Nelson Bar is a former settlement in Butte County, California.

It was located 5.25 miles (8.45 km) southeast of Paradise on the West Branch of the Feather River,[2] at an elevation of 974 feet (297 m).

[2] The Nelson Bar bridge spanned the West Branch of the Feather River until Oroville Dam was built.

It was submerged under Lake Oroville.

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